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From: bertrand@cui.unige.ch (IBRAHIM Bertrand)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: need help to add accented letters to US keyboard
Message-ID: <3427@cui.unige.ch>
Date: 11 Oct 90 16:11:27 GMT
References: <9010102359.AA04691@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
Reply-To: bertrand@cui.UUCP ()
Organization: University of Geneva / Switerland
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Hi,

I am using X11r4 on a Sun 3/80 running SunOS 4.0.3, with a type 4 US keyboard.
I would like to use the Mod1 key (Meta Left key according to Sun terminology) 
combined with the Shift key to generate accented letters with the [ ] ; ' ` , .
and / keys.

I tried to add the following lines to my .keycode.map file:

   keysym bracketleft=bracketleft braceleft egrave udiaeresis
   keysym bracketright=bracketright braceright ecircumflex icircumflex
   keysym semicolon=semicolon colon eacute odiaeresis
   keysym quoteright=quoteright quotedbl agrave acircumflex
   keysym equal=equal plus ediaeresis idiaeresis
   keysym backslash=backslash bar ucircumflex ocircumflex
   keysym quoteleft=quoteleft tilde ugrave

but couldn't get xmodmap to accept that. I also tried:

   keycode 48=equal plus ediaeresis idiaeresis
   ...

but couldn't get the keyboard to generate an accented letter, even though an 
"xmodmap -kp" would show the modified entries, i.e.
 48  0x003d (equal)  0x002b (plus)   0x00eb (ediaeresis)  0x00ef (idiaeresis)
 ...

I was however able to generate accented letters by redefining the "Shift-ed" 
definition of the function keys (F1 to F12) with the following lines in my 
keycode.map file:

   keycode 12=F1 eacute
   keycode 13=F2 egrave
   keycode 14=F10 ocircumflex
   ...

Just in case it could help, here is what the "xmodmap -pm" outputs:

   xmodmap:  up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

   shift       Shift_L (0x6a),  Shift_R (0x75)
   lock        Caps_Lock (0x7e)
   control     Control_L (0x53)
   mod1        Meta_L (0x7f),  Meta_R (0x81)
   mod2
   mod3
   mod4
   mod5

The different documentations (xmodmap, xterm, X, ...) do not give much hint
about defining the keysyms corresponding to key-modifier combinations. Could 
any kind soul point me to the adequate documentation or directly tell me how to 
achieve my goal.

Please respond directly to me. I can post a summary if there is enough interest.

Thanks in advance,

Bertrand Ibrahim
Computer Science department, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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